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A Minnesota, US couple
who used to scrape by on thrown-away food from grocery stores put a check for US$500,000
in a Salvation Army collection pot. It may be the largest donation the charity
has received anywhere in the US. The couple, who have chosen to remain unnamed,
dropped the check in a distinctive red Salvation Army pot in front of a grocery
store in Rosemount, Minnesota, about 20 miles south of Minneapolis.
“The
check did clear and was deposited in the bank,” said spokeswoman Julie Borgen,
declining to identify the mystery benefactors. “They feel very strongly about
the gift being anonymous.”
